22.02.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant is to invest more than 7.5 million Swiss francs over a five-year period to expand its masterbatch manufacturing capabilities. The...
19.02.2016
- Momentive Performance Materials is expanding capacity of NXT silanes at Leverkusen, Germany. Approximately $30 million is being invested in the expansion which is expected to go...
17.02.2016
- Construction work has started in Saudi Arabia on a new masterbatch plant for Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant. The facility in Yanbu will focus on the production of...
16.02.2016
- As Iranian officials continue to assert that BASF has big plans for investing in the country’s petrochemical sector following the lifting of economic sanctions, the German chemical...
26.01.2016
- Germany’s Evonik has taken a minority share in Finnish start-up company Synoste. Founded in 2012, Synoste is a spin-off from the Aalto University in Espoo with locations in...
15.01.2016
- Bayer has opened a new production site for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs at the Majinpu bioengineering and pharmaceutical industry park in Yunnan, China. Its second state-of-the-art...
21.12.2015
- US chlorvinyls company Axiall and South Korea’s Lotte Chemical have made a final investment decision to construct an ethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. The facility...
06.11.2015
- Lanxess is investing some €60 million in expanding custom synthesis facilities at multi-purpose production facilities in the Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) of fine chemicals...